The 3rd Annual Gala "Dancing with the Cars" will begin at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17 at Jennings Chevrolet, Buick, GMC Showroom on Norland Avenue, featuring music, dancing and food from several restaurants plus live and silent auctions. Items include a one-week stay in an oceanfront home in North Carolina, an all-inclusive trip to St. Lucia, Steelers tickets and tickets to the USGA Open in Oakmont.

The event benefits Women In Need Shelter and Advocacy Center Capital Campaign. Tickets are available online at www.winservices.org or by calling 372-6660.

Apples, apple dumplings and antique engines

Apples are the star from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10, when Tayamentasachta, the Greencastle-Antrim School District's Environmental Center, presents the 32nd annual Apple Festival and Antique Engine Display featuring all things apple from foods and crafts to displays and demonstrations. Locally grown varieties of apples and apple products will be on display and the apple dumpling gang will make more than 1,000 apple dumplings in the farmhouse kitchen.

A special exhibit of antique engines and farm equipment by the Cumberland Valley Antique Engine and Machinery Association will also be featured and Charles Lindsay's team of Belgian Horses will be providing wagon rides along the picturesque trails of Tayamentasachta.

Look for more details in this Thursday's Weekender.

Gangsters, flappers, and suffragettes Oct. 16-17

A 1920s-themed murder mystery will take place in the historic Old Jail, 157 East King Street, from 6-10 p.m. Oct. 16 and 17, hosted by The Franklin County Historical Society - Kittochtinny. Can you name the killer before he or she is revealed? Tickets are $8. Contact the historical society at 717-264-1667 or ophistory@pa.net.